Store fixture



May 24, 1938. H. MALOTT STORE FIXTURE Filed June 12, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheetl I N VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY WMM/ May 24, 1938. H MALO-n- 2,118,213

STORE FIXTURE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June` 12, 1955 A TTORNE Y PatentedMay 24, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STORE FIXTURE;

Application June 12, 1935, Serial No. 26,121

Claims.

This invention relates to store iixtures and the object of the inventionis to provide an arrangement whereby a store xture may be built up in aseries of sections to which different sections may be added or takenaway as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a store lixture of thecabinet type having a series of sections connected together by a moldingto which diierent parts may be anchored.

1() Another object of the invention is tol provide a store iixtureprovided with sliding doors and having ways for the doors anchored tothe molding, the arrangement being such that the doors may be readilypositioned in or removed from the ways.

A further object of the invention is to provide a store xture comprisinga cabinet combined with a novel means for securing the molding in place.

0 These objects and the several novel features of the invention arehereinafter more fully described and claimed and the preferred form ofconstruction by which these objects are attained is shown in theaccompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective View of a storefixture embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig, 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a section through a dilerent type of Fig. 6 is an enlargedsection taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged section taken at the lower left hand corner ofFig. 5.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged section taken at the lower right hand corner ofFig. 5.

The fixture comprises a base I having a rubber tile facing 2 on theforward face. Mounted on the base I is a horizontal frame member 3 and ag5 rear wall member 4 is provided having spaced frame members 5connecting the horizontal member 3 with the upper horizontal member 6.The horizontal frame member 'I of the upper fixture section ispositioned on the member 6 and a double guide member 8 is secured to themember 'I by the screw 9 shown more particularly in Fig. 5. This doubleguide member is provided with a rib I6 and the member 6 is cut out at IIto iit about this rib. A similar double guide member I2 is provided onthe member 3 and is secured in place by the screw I3 and a iinish stripI4 is secured to the edge of the member 3 while a filler strip I 5 ispositioned between the member I4 and the double channel member I2. Asshown in Figs. 2 and 7, a series of rollers I6 are provided 5 in thelower double channel member and are connected by side plates I'I.

The door panels are inserted by inserting the rear panel I8 shown inFig. 2 up into` the double channel 8 and then fitting the lower edge ofthe I0 panel I8 into the channel I2 so that the door panel rests on therollers I6. The other panel I9 shown in Fig. 4 is inserted in positionin the same manner. These panels I8 and I9, as shown in Fig. 1, may beprovided with hand grips 29 I5 so that the panels may be movedlongitudinally in the guide members. The outer edge of the horizontalmember I extends beyond the edge of the member 6 and a trim member 2I issecured to this edge by the screw 22 shown in Figs. 20 2 and 4. Asurface member 23 is` positioned on the upper face of the member 1 andis provided with an upturned ange 24 at a distance from the edge. Adouble channel member 25 is secured to. the member l by the screw 26 andengages 25 l against the flange 24. This double channel member 25 isalso provided with rollers I6 which are connected by side plates I1 andthe sliding panels 21 and 28 are mounted on the rollers I6 in the doublechannel member 25 as shown more 30 particularly in Fig. 4. A horizontalpartition 29 is provided above the member I and a double channel member30 is secured to the lower face of the partition 29 as shown in Figs. 2and 3 by means of the screw 3I. A wide metal molding 35 member 32 isprovided with a way 33 having un.- dercut edges into which the rib 34 ofthe double channel member 36 lits and this rib 34 holds the moldingmember 32 in position against the outer edge of the partition 29. 40

This same construction is duplicated at the top of the store xture inwhich a similar channel is attached to the horizontal top 35 and themolding 32 is secured in place in the manner shown in Fig. 3. On theupper side of the member 35 45 a series of short key members 36 arefitted into the channel 31 of the molding and the screws 38 extendthrough these key members 36 to hold them in place and thus hold themolding in place. Where an additional section is to be mounted 50thereabove, a double channel member 39 is provided having a rib fittinginto the channel 3'I in the molding member 32 as sho-wn in Fig. 2 andthe sliding panels are tted into the upper and lower double channelmembers as hereinbefore 55 described. Where the ends of the molding 32come together between the'sections of the xture a connecting member 40is provided which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, is secured to the molding32 by the screws 4|. This covers the ends of the molding and provides aneat appearance as Will be understood from Fig. 1. The sliding panelsmay be of glass or laminated Wood to slide in the double channels andare provided with hand holds as shown for moving the panelshorizontally.

In the form shown in Fig. 5, a base 42 is provided having a, rubber tilefacing 43 on the exterior. A bottom 44 is provided for this cabinetwhich is also provided with glass walls 45 and a glass top 46. In thisform, the double channels 41 and 48 are secured in position and theglass panels 49 and 50 are slidably mounted in these channels to roll onthe rollers I6 provided in the lower channels.

In this case, the sliding panels 49 and 50 are provided at the back ofthe cabinet and the trim molding 32 is secured to the member 44 by thekeys 36 hereinbefore described which are secured to the member 44 andengage in the undercut channels 33 and 3l of the molding, as shown inFig. 8. 'Ihe glass Wall 45, shown in Fig. 8, is Y provided in the padstrip 52 resting on the keys 36 and also supported by the wood strip 53.The molding member 32 may also be provided with a packing strip 54engaging the front face of the glass. The rear panels 49 and 5t arearranged to ride in the double channels and the double channel 55 at theend is provided With rubber strips 56 against which the glass panels maystrike when moved to the closed or extreme open position. By thisarrangement it will be seen that different types of fixtures may bereadily fabricated by the use of the'double channels and molding toprovide the best type of xture for the place where it is to be used.

From the foregoing description it becomes evident that the device isvery simple and eicient in operation, provides a combination from whichvarious structures may be fabricated and provides a device whichaccomplishes the objects described. Y Y- V Having Vthus fully describedmy invention, its utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is Y 1. In a storelixture, a xture member provided with a partition, a double channelmember secured to each side of the partition adjacent the edge, eachdouble channel member being provided with an integral longitudinallyextending rib on the exterior, a panel slidably mounted in each channeland a molding provided With channels for the ribs of the double channelmemnel members.

2. In a store fixture, a fixture member provided with a base, apartition and a top in parallel relation and in horizontal position, amember having a plurality of channels secured to the base, similarmembers secured to the upper and lower faces of the partition at itsedge and a similar member secured to the lower'face of the top at itsedge, the channel members on the partition and the top each having aprojecting rib, and a molding at the edge of the partition and anothermolding at the top having channels to receive the respective ribs, thechannels of the molding having undercut edges and the said projectingribs of the channel members tting therein to prevent lateraldisplacement of the molding in relation to the channel members.

3. In a store fixture, the combination with a double channel memberVhaving a longitudinal rib extending outwardly therefrom at a rightangle to the channels of said member, of a molding provided with achannel into which the rib is fitted, the arrangement being such thatwhen the rib is fitted into the channel the molding member is firmlysecured to and covers the outer face of the double channel member.

4. In a store xture, a cabinet provided with at least one horizontalpartition, a top and a base, moldings each provided with undercutchannels in one face thereof and respectively secured to the front edgesof the top and the partition, doors for the space between the partitionY and top and the space between the partition and base, and a pluralityof channel members each provided with portions respectively tting thesaid undercut channels of the molding on the top and the partition andproviding horizontal channels for the edges of the respective doors.V

5. In a store fixture of the cabinet type having a horizontal partitionelement, a molding for positioning at the front edge of the saidhorizontal partition and extending longitudinally of the cabinet, saidmolding having a pair .of ways spaced a distance apart slightly greaterthan the thickness of the partition, means attached'to the lower face ofthe partition at the forward edge engaging the lower way, and a similarmeans attached to the upper face of the partition at the forward edgeengaging the upper way of the molding and sustaining the same inposition.

HERBERT MALOTI.

